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Thursday, September 27, 2012

so, i was planning a post about my boring friday for tomorrow, but sometimes things change. my friend lindsay came over for dinner about three hours ago, we had a lovely dinner, and started talking about this FAMOUS golf tournament this weekend that she has tickets to.

she just began her kickstarter, and i am so happy to support her. if you would please watch this and consider supporting the project, either by simply publishing it on your own blog or giving monetarily, it will definitely be worth your while.

not to mention, she is one of the kindest and most genuine people you will ever meet in your life.

come on, don't you want to be able to say that you helped her with her first album when you watch her accept her first grammy on tv??

why yes, that is us sitting in the piano bench in her living room at her 2nd birthday!

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

last night, mike and i went to the other side of ct for a banquet. we were super early, so we decided to take some back roads to look at a cool nuclear power plant on the river. on the way back to the main roads, we found this great spot with nearly 1000 ducks - it was amazing!

today has been spent doing some shopping [will update on that soon] and watching tv. i think the cats think i'm intruding on their space when i have weekday days off - needless to say they don't look too happy. haha.

Sunday, September 23, 2012

ever since i made these delicious cookies and cream cookies, i have been in search of other ice creams to make into cookies. after multiple attempts, i have come up with these! [they are more like "bites" than cookies, hence the name - but they are a good take on rocky road ice cream.]

ingredients:

- chocolate cake mix [prepared as stated on the box - but with 2 eggs instead of 3]

- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

- 1/2 cup white chocolate chips

- 1/2 cup heath toffee bits [you can use nuts if you aren't allergic like me]

- mini marshmallows or regular marshmallow cuts into pieces

directions:

- preheat oven to 350

- make chocolate cake batter

- add chips and bits

- heavily grease mini muffin pan

- add a tablespoon of batter to each cup

- stick 2 mini marshmallows or pieces of marshmallow into each cup

- bake for 10-12 minutes, until toothpick test comes out clean and marshmallows are brown

Saturday, September 22, 2012

i went to visit my alma mater play golf today at a course about an hour from my house. it was great; the course was beautiful; the trees are starting to turn and i was so happy to see my friends!

almost everyone i played with in college has graduated [that makes me feel old], but it was nice to watch my last collegiate teammate play. a couple of my fellow graduates also came back to watch with me, so it was nice to reminisce.

i love still feeling connected to the team because my coworker from camp is now a sophomore on the team, so i look forward to following her for a few more years!

[there are crazy winds and rain in the northeast today, so the power went out for a while tonight. not going to lie, it was great. my roommates and i haven't had a lot of time to spend together lately, so, like we've done during the last few power outages, we walked a few miles around our neighborhood seeing where the outages stretched. i loved it; we always enjoy each other's company when we have the time!]

Sunday, September 16, 2012

i love blog browsing, as i bet many of you do. i recently found this great link-up from jules and sarah b texas: sunday snaps.

i swear, i think i could start [and have thought about starting] another whole blog just with day-by-day link ups! between confessions, pinterest, book clubs, recipes, nails, favorite things, and updates when am i going to have time for self-expression and my own ideas on my blog? haha

i'm not good at confessing things, i'm a bit worn out from pinterest after my pinterest april, i don't have much time to read lately, but i really like this photo one!!!

and even better, i also have great pictures from sundays because i work, hence my tuesday days off. i have 3 classes of adorable 5 & 6 year olds on sundays, so they always do something funny!

we do a lot of jumping to promote balance; they were trying to jump all the way around in a circle.

shadows and socks

they love rolling down the hill

learning about aim and targets

also, here is my instagram: megatronnn27 in case any of you would like to follow. i know kristen asked me for it yesterday in a blog comment, but i'm not a fan of how blogger/google doesn't alert you to blog replies. what's the point of asking a question in a comment if you have to go back and check for answers! annoying! [okay, weekend rant over.]

hope you all had a nice weekend - let me know if you also decide to link up so i can check it out!

Friday, September 14, 2012

maybe it's because my current kitchen is the only room in my house i am not obsessed with, or maybe it's because i love cooking, baking, and every kitchen gadget ever, but in either case, i always imagine my dream kitchen.

i had a little time to spare before work today, so i stopped at kohl's. they have my favorite selection of kitchen stuff! what i REALLY want is a kitchenaid stand mixer, but i don't want to get one until i know the color of my future kitchen - silly, right? but there are so many colors, so i'll wait a couple more years to get the perfect one :)

i would just want to add some of these turquoise accents to it, maybe turquoise island seating, turquoise plates or mugs in see-through storage, a turquoise backsplash or paint accents, and of course my dream stand-mixer [with another possible appliance to match -- this is my dream, right?].

while those terrorists took so much away from us, they also gave us something that they were seeking to destroy: unity. they were trying to shatter our nation, leave it in pieces, and while they did that to american landmarks and american families who lost loved ones that day, they also brought so many people together.

i was only in 7th grade, but i will never forget the sense of unity in my small northeastern town during the days and weeks following that day. every year i feel the same way around this time, and even when mike and i traveled to new york city this past winter and walked around ground zero, it seemed as though no one was complaining, no one pushed through the crowd, and everyone, even ten years later, observed this site with respect.